Amazon Discount & Deals Finder

Find hidden 75%-off deals & more

Amazon's the biggest name in online shopping – for many, it's a one-stop convenience store and the first place they look. This guide has 24 tricks to help slash prices, as well as the Amazon Discount Finder Tool below, which finds secret 75%+ off bargains on electronics, clothes, beauty and more.

Update 12 March 2019: Unfortunately some are experiencing intermittent problems with this tool at the moment. The links go to Amazon and we have no control over them. If you do have issues, please try searching on another device.

Free Amazon Prime Trial

A trick gets a month's free unlimited next-day delivery. Just grab a free one-month Amazon Prime Trial* (usually £79/year). The offer's for Prime newbies, though a few previous triallists may be offered another trial. To check, log into your account, follow the link and see if it says "try Amazon Prime free".

If you don't want to continue, cancel before the month's up or it's £79/year. This is an ongoing offer.

Take 20 secs to check Amazon is REALLY cheapest

Amazon* aims to be a one-stop shop, and while it's tempting to do all your shopping in one easy sweep, you can often undercut it.

In the same time it takes to search Amazon, comparison sites whizz through scores of internet retailers to find the cheapest price.

We find Google Shopping is the most consistent at tracking down the cheapest price – the MSE Deals team even use it as a starting point when checking out deals. But there are more options – for full help, plus more tips to slash the cost of buying anything and everything online, see our Cheap Online Shopping guide.

Check if you're buying from Amazon or its Marketplace

If goods say "sold by" someone other than Amazon, then they're on its Marketplace – ie, listed by a trader selling via Amazon.

Delivery can cost more, so always check.Items bought from Amazon Marketplace aren't eligible for free delivery (normally you get this on items costing £20+).

If there's a problem with the item or you want to return it, you need to go to the seller first, not Amazon. Items must be of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose, and as described though (see the Consumer Rights guide for more).

Marketplace purchases are also covered by Amazon's buying guarantee. It reimburses you if goods don't arrive or aren't as described (up to £2,500 in value, including delivery).

But you won't be covered under Section 75, which usually covers items worth between £100 and £30,000 which are paid for with a credit card. The fact Amazon takes money then passes it onto the retailer means you don't get that protection.

Explore Amazon's secret bargain basement

There's a geeky way to manipulate Amazon's web links to display all heavily reduced bargains. All you need to do is fiddle with Amazon web addresses to bring up lists of knock-down prices.

The problem is these are a faff to make yourself. So we built the Amazon Discount Finder tool (above). It creates your own bespoke pages in seconds, where you choose the discount and department.

Update 12 March 2019:Unfortunately some are experiencing intermittent problems with this tool at the moment. The links go to Amazon and we have no control over them. If you do have issues, please try searching on another device.

Top tips for using the Amazon Discount Tool

When searching for treasure, don't just look at the first page of bargains, try a few. Try higher percentage discounts for cheaper, smaller items and lower percentages for niche, expensive ones.

Just because something's listed with a huge discount, it doesn't make it a bargain or worth buying.

Before you try the tool, here are some top discount links we made earlier:

Tool finds cheap items to help you hit £20 for free delivery

If an item costs under £20 and is from Amazon itself (not a Marketplace seller), check the delivery cost. Standard delivery can be anything from 99p – if the order can be delivered in an envelope – to £4.49. So it may be worth buying something small you need that costs less than that to take you over the £20 free delivery threshold. (Books have a minimum free delivery threshold of £10.)

To help, a cunning Super Saver Delivery tool (developed by ex-MSE team member Adam) scours Amazon for small filler items to bump up your order to £20. Simply enter your basket total and it displays a list of items with prices close to the cost of the difference. For example:

Imagine Lois Price wanted a £19.73 hairdryer – she'd face £6.01 delivery, a total of £25.74. The tool reveals she could add a 29p paint brush, so she'd only pay £20.02.

Do the maths. As a rule of thumb, always check if you're spending £14-£19.99. The tool just shows a selection of items in the relevant price bracket, so tap in a few basket totals close to yours for more options.

Items bought from third parties on Amazon's Marketplace do count towards the £20 free delivery threshold if they are marked as "fulfilled by Amazon".

Do you use Amazon 1-Click? Some Amazon users ordering via 1-Click have been charged up to £4.75 delivery on items eligible for free delivery. See our Amazon 1-Click charging for delivery news story for full info.

Free tool checks Amazon's price history – it is really cheap now?

Our hidden discount finder's proved hugely popular. Yet, as we've warned, just because Amazon lists it as reduced, it doesn't make it cheap. Before you buy, plonk any item's Amazon URL (its web address) into CamelCamelCamel, which charts Amazon price changes, to show if the 'was' price is realistic.

As an example, we found a Philips iron at '44% off' costing £44.99, but the tool showed it was actually £40 three months ago, so the deal wasn't all that.

Results can be fascinating. Use the tickboxes to add and remove different seller types or drag the slider to adjust the date range.

Get alerts when prices drop

Amazon prices often yo-yo up and down, and when they're cheap, things sell out quickly. CamelCamelCamel lets you enter your desired price and fires off an email when Amazon hits it.

Simply pop an item's URL into it, and enter the maximum price you want to pay. It will email when the price falls to that amount or lower.

Alternatively, Zeezaw works in a similar way. Sign up, create a list with the max price you want to pay for Amazon items, and it sends emails when the price drops.

Get Our Money Tips Email!

For all the latest deals, guides and loopholes - join the 12m who get it.

Tool scans prices on Amazon's European sites to find goods cheaper

Buying from Amazon's European sites rather than Amazon UK can be cheaper. Clever tool Priceonline.eu checks prices across Amazon's sites in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. (It also checks prices in the USA, but there you may need to pay customs, plus consumer rights vary.)

The weakened pound means items might cost slightly more than they would have on Amazon EU sites, but there are still bargains to be had.

The best deals tend to be on high-end electricals. Prices jump up and down, so always double-check.

Louise tweeted: "@MartinSLewis Saved nearly £100 on my new Dyson by buying it from Amazon in Germany. Fantastic deal. Thanks."

When is it worth it?

As a rule of thumb, it can be worth buying from Amazon's EU sites if you'll save more than £10. Delivery varies, but it's usually £5 to £10. In the UK, you get free delivery when spending over £20 on Amazon (usually not Marketplace sellers).

Priceonline can be glitchy and didn't always display every result when we checked. So if you're buying something expensive, it's worth checking the EU sites individually too. You'll also need to convert prices from euros into pounds yourself.

Here are the key tips for buying from Europe:

Translate the page. Most web browsers (including Chrome, Explorer and Firefox) do it at the click of a button. Voila!

Shipping costs vary. They aren't included in the comparison.

If you change your mind... Legally you've 14 days after receipt to change your mind, and another 14 days to send the item back. In practice though you've a bit more time – Amazon's returns policy usually gives 30 days on the EU sites above too.

If it's faulty... You should be able to get a refund, replacement, repair or reduction in the cost with similar rules to buying in the UK.

Beat exchange rates. Pay in euros using a specialist overseas card and you get the same near perfect exchange rate that banks do.

Beat delivery charges with a free Prime trial

Amazon used to give free delivery if you spent £10 – now it's a £20 minimum (except for books, where it's still £10).

If you don't qualify for free delivery, the standard charge varies between 99p and £4.75, depending on the total weight of your order. But you can get free delivery via Amazon Prime. (If spending under £20, also see the tool above that helps you find small filler items to hit the threshold.)

How to get a free Prime trial

Prime gets you unlimited free one-day delivery, and Amazon* offers newbies a free one-month trial of the service. The beauty is you can sign up, order, then just cancel the trial before Amazon charges you.

Only do this if you are super-organised and will remember to cancel though, otherwise £79 will be taken from your account (or £7.99 if you selected monthly billing).

You can grab a free one-month Amazon Prime Trial* (usually £79/year) if you're a Prime newbie, though a few previous triallists may be offered another trial. To check, log into your Amazon account, click on 'Prime' and see if you're offered a 30-day free Prime trial.

Prime only works on products sold by Amazon.co.uk itself, not Marketplace sellers. If you're unsure, add the product to your basket and make sure delivery's free before checking out.

How to cancel

To cancel, go to Your Account, then Prime Settings and click 'End Membership and Benefits'.

Is it worth paying for Prime?

Unless you're subscribing for the TV and film/music streaming services or are a mega-shopper, Amazon Prime is not worth your dough. Better to be organised, order early or wait until you need £20 worth of goods.

Important! If you don't cancel before the trial ends, Amazon will take £79 (or £7.99 if you selected monthly billing) from your account. Check your bank statement once you've cancelled, because mistakes happen. See below for how to get a refund if you forget to cancel your Amazon Prime subscription before your free trial's up.

Been hit by a £79 charge for unwanted Amazon Prime? How to get a refund

We're swamped with complaints from people who unwittingly paid £79 for Amazon Prime membership, so we wrote a Reclaim unwanted Amazon Prime guide.

Forumite Tianna is just one of the successes: "I followed instructions from your weekly email and got £79, thanks."

Get Kindle books and Amazon Prime benefits on two devices for the price of one

If you pay for Amazon Prime or buy e-books from Amazon, it's possible to share your benefits and purchases with another adult (and up to four kids) in your home for free, via Amazon Household.

You may think that's obvious in some cases, as you can play a film on your TV for all to watch. But we're talking about being able to take advantage of your Prime benefits or read an e-book on more than one phone, Kindle etc.

This is a great way of splitting the cost of purchases or a Prime subscription without having to share login details.

How to do it

Both adult account holders will need to authorise the other to use the existing payment cards on the two accounts (doesn't apply to kids' profiles).

You can choose what digital content you do or don't want to share – see the Amazon website for detailed info on sharing and accessing shared content.

'Is it cheaper on Amazon?’ fun checker app

Whether you've spotted some trainers on a blog or a playhouse in a shop, we've a nifty trick to check if similar items are available on Amazon for less. (Though of course, be mindful that feeding the giant can threaten smaller businesses.)

The best way to try this is to download the free Amazon app and have a play. Tap the search bar followed by the camera symbol, point your phone's camera at an item and hit 'Start'. The app will search Amazon for matching objects and list lookalike items for sale.

When we tried it, the app found similar items with varying degrees of success. Products it worked well on included a leather handbag, pink piggybank, electronic calculator and yellow cushion – on other items though, including a pair of shoes, it failed to find a match.

When it does work, it can be a handy way of finding a visually similar item. For example, we snapped a £595 John Lewis chandelier, and it produced a similar one for sale at £53, including delivery – though of course, there's no guarantee of quality.

Use your phone as a barcode scanner

You can also use the app to scan barcodes, which can be a more reliable way of getting a closer match. So if you've seen something with a barcode, such as a game or a coffee machine, scan that instead.

To do it, open the Amazon app, tap the camera icon in the search bar, then scroll right until it says 'Scan barcodes'. Your mobile now becomes a barcode scanner, via its camera.

Point your phone's camera at the code and you'll see it on screen – the app will scan the code and then list identical items for sale.

Don't just check Amazon – other tools can price-check too

Never assume Amazon will be cheapest, so while this is a fun tool for a quick check, if you're doing a serious price comparison, look elsewhere too.

eBay has its own app which does much the same thing and lets you search in a similar way. Read more on eBay's photo search and barcode scanner.

It's also worth searching Google Shopping to see if you can find an item cheaper elsewhere.

Grab rare cashback on Amazon purchases – if you have (or know) a kid

With cashback sites, you sign up, then click through them to buy something or get financial products. They get paid for sending traffic and give some of this cash to you (see our full Top Cashback Sites guide for more). Yet it's rare to get cashback on Amazon shopping via these sites – perhaps because it has no problem attracting custom.

However, there is one way to bag 2% cashback to pass on to your kids (or someone else's). KidStart gives you money back on purchases from Amazon and 1,500 other shops – the catch is you need to use it towards a child's savings.

But you don't need to be a parent. The child can be yours, a grandchild or a friend's. It can even be a twinkle in your eye that you plan to have one day (though you need the child's name and actual or expected date of birth to withdraw the cash).

In most cases you'll need to withdraw money into a separate child's account – a Child Trust Fund, junior ISA or a child's bank or building society. If none of these accounts can accept top-ups from your KidStart savings, you can simply use your own current account.

You MUST be legitimately saving for a child though. KidStart says it has ways of checking and if it suspects you're not, it could wipe the savings in your account.

How to do it:

Sign up to KidStart (it's free). You don't need to add a child's details to start earning cashback – you can add them later.

Log in and click KidStart's link to visit Amazon. Your visit is then tracked and an amount is put into your KidStart account once the transaction's processed.

You can withdraw your cash once you've reached the £10 threshold. Before you take the money out you must add a child, enter their name and date of birth, then link that profile to a Child Trust Fund, junior ISA or bank account (though this doesn't have to be the child's – it can be your own current account).

This usually works, but as with any cashback site, there can be issues tracking your visits, so see it as an added bonus. KidStart won't pay Amazon cashback when you buy or use gift cards, or use 'Subscribe and save'.

It's also possible to give to charities when you shop on Amazon instead – see Give to charity below.

Can I use KidStart for other shopping too?

KidStart features 1,500 retailers, but we found the top cashback sites often beat it (compare its rates with the sites' featured in our Top Cashback Sites guide). That said, when we checked, it offered 4% on Next, which we were unable to find elsewhere – so it's always worth checking.

If you're a regular shopper it can quickly rack up, as MSE Steve's found: "Over the past six years, we've earned a huge £275 cashback for our kids, mainly at John Lewis and Amazon. We started the account before our first child was even born."

Get Our Money Tips Email!

For all the latest deals, guides and loopholes - join the 12m who get it.

NEW. Never pay full price for audiobooks on Amazon

Amazon's audiobook seller Audible tries to push you to subscribe, starting at £7.99/month for one book a month. If you don't, buying one-off books can be costly, sometimes £30+. Yet we've tricks to slash the price...

Never had an Audible subscription? Get one book totally free

If new to Audible, you can take advantage of its 30-day free trial* to get a free audiobook (which you can keep). You'll need to give payment details to sign up, so make sure you remember to cancel if you don't want to continue with your subscription, otherwise you'll be charged £7.99/mth.

Buying a Kindle book first can slash the price

Bizarrely, it's often cheaper to buy a Kindle book first and then opt for the audiobook as an addition, rather than just buy the audiobook outright.

For example, when we checked this week we found Captain Corelli's Mandolin* for 99p on Kindle, and it then cost a further £3.99 to add the audiobook. That's £4.98 in total – a massive £16.01 saving on the audiobook's £20.99 list price.

To try this, go to Amazon and search for the title's Kindle e-book. Below the 'buy now' button, there's usually a button to 'Add an Audible narration' at an extra charge. Compare the total cost with the audiobook's normal price to see if it wins. (Don't assume buying the Kindle book first will always be cheaper though, and if you buy books frequently weigh it up against the cost of a subscription.)

It's worth noting you don't actually need a Kindle for this trick to work – you can buy a Kindle e-book without actually owning the device, and listen to the audiobook via your phone, for example.

Already own a bundle of Kindle books? Just log on to Amazon's Matchmaker Tool* to see which of your Kindle titles you can add an audiobook to, for a (usually reasonable) charge.

Audiobook cost over £7.99 all-in? Consider a subscription

If you get through a lot of audiobooks, subscribing to Audible can work out cheaper, so weigh up if it's worth it.

The cheapest membership option, for instance, costs £7.99/mth and gives you a book a month – often much cheaper than the list price. (We suspect list prices are so high because Amazon wants to encourage people to subscribe.)

This can work out cheaper than the 'buy the Kindle book first' trick above too, though it depends. When we spot-checked 20 books on The Sunday Times 2018 bestseller list we found buying a subscription was cheaper than the trick 50% of the time – though if you do opt for a subscription, remember you'll need to use it each month to get your money's worth.

Reclaim 20 YEARS of lost music

If you've bought CDs or vinyl, you're entitled to the downloads for nowt back to 1999.

To recover 20 years of lost music, just login to your Amazon Music library to see if you've any past tracks available. As forumite JHL1959 told us: "Crikey, it's given me 182 albums, that's 2,367 tracks. Amazingly, I still like a lot of them – cheered me up."

It's not always such a success though. GingerJuice says: "Thought it was brilliant then realised I'd bought the mother-in-law a Susan Boyle CD... ugh."

You can pay monthly for Prime – but it'll cost you more

You're now able to opt for a monthly subscription of its one-day Prime delivery service (plus other benefits – see above for more) for £7.99/month, instead of the £79 annual fee.

While this means paying less upfront, it'll cost you more over the course of a year – £95.88 compared to £79 upfront.

This is still a lot of money though, so consider whether you really want Prime; a Twitter poll we did in 2016 indicated the majority don't. You may find it encourages you to spend more online (precisely what Amazon wants you to do).

Of course if you just want to try it out for a bit or want it for the run-up to Christmas (and you've already used the free trial), paying monthly might be a better option, especially as you cancel at any time.

Get free Amazon vouchers with credit cards

A couple of credit cards reward spending with loyalty points that can be swapped for Amazon vouchers.

The Amex Gold* credit card gives you 20,000 reward points if you spend £2,000+ on it within three months, enough for a £100 Amazon gift card. There's normally a £140 annual fee, but it's waived in year one, so if you don't want to pay, cancel before year two.

With the Amazon Platinum credit card, you get a £10 Amazon gift card when you become a cardholder for the first time, and then earn 1.5 Amazon Reward Points for every £2 you spend at Amazon.co.uk and one Amazon Reward Point for every £2 you spend elsewhere – 1,000 points can be exchanged for a £10 Amazon gift card.

Make sure you repay IN FULL every month or you'll pay 22.9% interest (57.6% rep APR incl fee) with the Amex Gold or 21.94% interest (21.9% rep APR) with the Amazon Platinum, which'll quickly wipe out the rewards gain. The easiest way to do this is to set up a direct debit to repay in full. You'll be subject to a credit check when you apply. See Credit Card Rewards for more.

How to grab 'free' Amazon gift cards

There are loads of ways to earn free Amazon vouchers, and even better, most don't take much effort. If you're saving up for something big (and it's cheapest on Amazon), this can be a great way to nab a discount, or even get it completely free.

Snap photos of job ads (£6-£10/hour). The Job Spotter app is a quick and easy way to earn Amazon vouchers, just for taking pictures of job adverts in windows. Job Spotter

Do quick online tasks with Swagbucks (£10 bonus when you earn £5). Swagbucks is a site that pays you points (called 'SB') to answer daily polls, watch videos, play games, search online and more. The points can then be cashed in for Amazon vouchers, PayPal credit or other rewards. Swagbucks

Sign up to survey sites (£10/month). Willing to give your views on shampoo, Justin Bieber and politics, among other subjects? It's possible to earn £100s a year, without any special skill or talent, and many survey sites pay out in Amazon vouchers. Survey sites

Report derelict properties in and around London (£20/property). Spot an empty or derelict property in London or the Home Counties and you could earn a £20 Amazon voucher (or M&S if you prefer) if you're the first person to report it. YouSpotProperty.com

Spend £2,000 on Amex Gold in three months to earn £100. Cashback credit cards pay you every time you spend on them, possibly £100s a year. While this isn't an excuse to spend more, use the card for ALL normal spending, and you can get a decent reward. Amex Gold

Use a cashback site every time you shop. Cashback sites pay you when you click through them, go to retailers or product providers and spend. You can make £100s a year using them, and some give you an extra 1-2% bonus if you withdraw your earnings as Amazon vouchers, rather than cash. Cashback sites

Grab FREE cashback for signing up to free trials & more. You don't always have to buy anything to earn cashback via cashback sites – you can get paid just for doing quick tasks such as registering with a site or signing up for a free trial. Free cashback

If you're feeling lucky, another potentially rewarding hobby is to enter free online competitions to win Amazon vouchers. Read our Comping Tips guide for full details on how to do it.

Get Our Money Tips Email!

For all the latest deals, guides and loopholes - join the 12m who get it.

Students can get six months' free one-day delivery and video streaming

The Amazon Student* club is a version of Prime specifically for, well, students. It gives those aged 18+ who are in higher education access to free one-day delivery, Amazon's video and music streaming services, photo storage and Kindle lending library.

It costs £3.99 a month or £39 a year for membership (compared with £7.99 or £79 normally), but students can get a six-month trial free.

Tap into free cash with Amazon Associates

If you've a blog or website, set up a free account with Amazon Associates, a scheme where you earn Amazon vouchers or cash for linking to the site. Just follow the steps to add links and banners to your website.

When someone clicks on Amazon from your site and makes a transaction, it's recorded and you're paid different rates of commission depending what products you sell and what categories they're in. See a full list of payments.

Get up to 15% off household products

For regular household product purchases, there's an easy way to get 5% off – and it's possible to boost this to 15%.

From loo roll to vacuum cleaner bags, pet food to bin liners, Amazon's Subscribe & Save* service covers a host of items that you might order regularly.

The service is free – simply select the item and how regularly you want it delivered. Amazon will automatically send it out and apply the 5% discount when it charges you. You do need to save your payment details to your account.

If you have five or more subscriptions, Amazon boosts the discount to 15% on all your regular deliveries. There is no minimum subscription length, so you can set up your order, get the discount, then cancel.

Use a cashback credit card

You can earn up to 5% every time you spend by using a cashback credit card, although always ensure you pay it off in full to avoid interest charges. For the current top payers, see the full Cashback Credit Cards guide.

Grab more discounts with Amazon vouchers

A clever bit of retail spin, this. Amazon's voucher page* lists scores of discount vouchers, which you click on to collect (they're then applied at check out).

When we checked, many of these 'vouchers' were similar to its bog-standard online discounts, for example, 5% off a wicker pet basket or 10% off a doormat.

Yet dig through the list and some deals are quite decent. For example, in the past it had a 74-pack of Finish All-in-One Max Dishwasher Tablets for £5 when you used Subscribe and Save. The next cheapest was Morrisons, on offer at £10.

So it's worth checking – sign in to your account to see all available vouchers, as some are specifically targeted at different users.

Combine Subscribe and Save with Amazon Family for 20% off nappies

You can combine two Amazon discounts to grab a big saving on nappies and baby food, when you have five or more subscriptions delivered on the same day to the same address. Don't assume Amazon's cheapest though – compare first.

- Step 1: Get 5% off with Subscribe & Save*. Amazon's Subscribe and Save service gives 5% off selected household items when you place a repeat order, including nappies and wipes. There's no minimum commitment, so if you want, you can simply cancel after your first delivery.

- Step 2: Extra 15% off with Amazon Family*. This'll boost savings to 20%, but you need to subscribe to five items and get them delivered on the same day.

Amazon Prime* members (costs £79) can sign up 'free' to the Amazon Family* club. It's aimed at parents, though is open to all.

Confusingly, Amazon Prime and Family are essentially the same thing. The difference is Family members get Prime automatically, while Prime customers can get Family membership by clicking to sign up free to the club.

- How much can I save? Amazon sells a jumbo pack of 174 Pampers Baby Dry Size 4 nappies for £18.21 full price. With Subscribe and Save and Amazon Family discounts, it drops to £14.57.

Get Amazon to give to charity as you shop

OK so it's not a MoneySaving tip exactly, but it is possible to give charities a boost at no extra cost to you. Simply click through to Amazon from a charity's special link, log in and click on the product you want.

When you grab something, it's recorded and Amazon pays the charity 5% of your purchase in cash – no small beer.

If you work for a registered UK charity, add it to the Amazon Charity Clicks forum thread, so MoneySavers can help their favourite causes.

Donate 0.5% with Amazon Smile

Alternatively, you can sign up at Amazon Smile and select a charity to donate to. Then when you do your shopping through that URL rather than the normal co.uk site, it donates 0.5% when you purchase eligible items. You will see eligible products marked "Eligible for Amazon Smile" on their product detail pages.

It excludes VAT, returns and shipping fees, as well as subscribe and save items.

Double-check the delivery option so you don't pay more by default

While Amazon lists free delivery on some products, you must select the 'free delivery' box at checkout. If not, the default delivery option is first class.

What the * means above

If a link has an * by it, that means it is an affiliated link and therefore it helps MoneySavingExpert stay free to use, as it is tracked to us. If you go through it, it can sometimes result in a payment or benefit to the site. It's worth noting this means the third party used may be named on any credit agreements.

You shouldn’t notice any difference and the link will never negatively impact the product. Plus the editorial line (the things we write) is NEVER impacted by these links. We aim to look at all available products. If it isn't possible to get an affiliate link for the top deal, it is still included in exactly the same way, just with a non-paying link. For more details, read How This Site Is Financed.

Duplicate links of the * links above for the sake of transparency, but this version doesn't help MoneySavingExpert.com:

MoneySupermarket.com Financial Group Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 303190). The registered office address of both MoneySupermarket.com Group PLC and MoneySupermarket.com Financial Group Limited (registered in England No. 3157344) is MoneySupermarket House, St. David's Park, Ewloe, Chester, CH5 3UZ. MoneySavingExpert.com Limited is an appointed representative of MoneySupermarket.com Financial Group Limited.

American Express cardholders will now have to wait TWO YEARS after cancelling a card in order to qualify for another welcome bonus – making it much more difficult for those who cycled between cards to earn its introductory offers.

TV streaming service Netflix had admitted showing some people who sign up to Netflix higher prices to understand how much potential customers "value" it - but it says nobody will actually pay the higher price

How this site works

We think it's important you understand the strengths and limitations of the site. We're a journalistic website and aim to provide the best MoneySaving guides, tips, tools and techniques, but can't guarantee to be perfect, so do note you use the information at your own risk and we can't accept liability if things go wrong.

This info does not constitute financial advice, always do your own research on top to ensure it's right for your specific circumstances and remember we focus on rates not service.

We don't as a general policy investigate the solvency of companies mentioned (how likely they are to go bust), but there is a risk any company can struggle and it's rarely made public until it's too late (see the Section 75 guide for protection tips).

Do note, while we always aim to give you accurate product info at the point of publication, unfortunately price and terms of products and deals can always be changed by the provider afterwards, so double check first.

We often link to other websites, but we can't be responsible for their content.

Always remember anyone can post on the MSE forums, so it can be very different from our opinion.

MoneySavingExpert.com is part of the MoneySupermarket Group, but is entirely editorially independent. Its stance of putting consumers first is protected and enshrined in the legally-binding MSE Editorial Code.